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We offer a wide array of courses in support of our degree programs. Courses that are currently being offered on a regular basis have the frequency stated in their respective course descriptions, such as 3 times/year, twice/year, once/year and once every 2 years (see the Course Offering Plan for up-to-date frequency information).

Course fees to cover the cost of equipment, materials and supplies are assessed in some engineering courses. Consult the department for a current list of fees associated with each course.

EYE 112 Built Environment: Energy

Course Description: A substantial component of the world we live in is the built environment – the world that people have invented, designed, built and used. People have seen the natural environment to be sacred, to be a part of, to be enjoyed, to be used, and to be dominated. In recent times it has become recognized that human activities can seriously affect the natural environment. This semester we focus on a particular part of the natural environment – energy. You will learn what energy is, where various forms of energy come from and how they are transformed and used. Forms of energy studied include, for example, fossil, solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and nuclear. You will study the social, economic, political and environmental issues related to the acquisition, processing and use of energy. Integral to the course are lectures, reading, writing, group activities, laboratory exercises and experiments, and a team project. Students should have very basic algebra skills. This course is not required for transfer students with more than 24 credits applied toward one of our engineering degree programs. May be replaced by the corresponding HON 101 section.

EGN 160 Introduction to Programming: The C Language

Course Description: The C language has been used extensively for performance intensive tasks required in engineering and has found increased usage in embedded systems. C and its dialects (e.g. C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python) are employed in the vast majority of programming tasks and applications. As such, it is one of the few programming languages that is defined as an ANSI/ISO standard. This course will cover the fundamentals of programming and the C language. No prior knowledge of C is required. This is a 4-credit course and includes a laboratory component. Engineering students may use this course to satisfy the Computer Programming requirement.

EGN 181 Engineering Tools: Mathematica

Course Description: An introduction to Mathematica as a general-purpose computational and visualization tool. Topics covered include symbolic and numerical computations, graphics and visualization, and basics of the Mathematica programming language. Students will use Mathematica in several hands-on exercises to solve typical computational problems.

EGN 182 Engineering Tools: SolidWorks

Course Description: An introduction to SolidWorks and its use as a design tool for engineering. Students will use hands-on labs to create three dimensional solid models together with their orthographic views and convert them to computer design files. Students will learn the basics of building parts, dimensioning, tolerances, manufacturing drawings, assemblies, assembly drawings, and bills of material. They learn best practices, essential parametric sketching techniques, and time-saving shortcuts for making three dimensional parts and assemblies.

EGN 183 Engineering Tools: LabView

Course Description: An introduction to LabView and its use as a GUI programming tool for automated data acquisition, computer-instrument interfacing and control, and data processing. Students will learn the basics of LabView programming and use it in hands-on lab exercises to gain enough experience to start their own data acquisition and measurement project.

EGN 184 Engineering Tools: Industrial Power

Course Description: An introduction to hydraulics, pneumatics, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Students will work with input and output components and learn the basics of PLC programming and downloading. During these hands-on lab exercises, Allen Bradley PLCs will be interfaced and control pneumatic power systems.

EGN 187 Engineering Tools: PSpice

Course Description: An introduction to PSpice and its use as a GUI schematics entry tool for circuit simulation, including DC, small signal AC, sinusoidal and transient analysis. Students will learn the basics of PSpice and use it in hands-on lab exercises to gain enough experience to draw, simulate and do virtual testing of their circuit designs.

EGN 198 Introductory Topics in Engineering

Course Description: Topics in engineering at the introductory (freshman) level not regularly covered in other courses. The content can be varied to suit current needs. The course may, with advisor permission, be taken more than once. Consult the Department for current offerings and prerequisites.

EGN 298 Intermediate Topics in Engineering

Course Description: Topics in engineering at the intermediate (sophomore) level not regularly covered in other courses. The content can be varied to suit current needs. The course may, with advisor permission, be taken more than once. Consult the Department for current offerings and prerequisites.

EGN 301 Junior Design Project and the Engineering Profession

Course Description: The fundamental mission of engineering is design. Students, working in teams, learn the fundamentals of developing a specific problem statement, flowcharting, researching, project management, and design actualization, incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Professional issues such as ethics, intellectual property, interview skills, and resume preparation are explored. The student is challenged to consider the work of the engineer in the broader context of societal, personal, and professional responsibility.

EGN 368 Advanced Engineering MaterialsProperties of conductive, dielectric, polar, magnetic, and other technologically important materials with a view toward understanding their behavior and application in electronic devices. Measurement techniques and production technology will be considered. Part of the course will deal with reading and interpreting published articles in technical journals. Electrical or mechanical engineering elective. Prerequisite: EGN 260. Lecture 3 hrs. Cr 3.

EGN 394 Engineering Internship

Course Description: Work experience in engineering. An opportunity for students to obtain credit for a project or study sequence completed while employed. The activity must have both components of design and analysis.

EGN 402 Senior Design Project

Course Description: Design and implementation of a device or system to perform an engineering function. May be done individually or in small groups, but the contribution is evaluated on an individual basis. Project outcomes include an oral presentation, a demonstration of the device or system, and a final report. The final report must contain a description of the engineering standards that were investigated and/or applied and how the realistic constraints were observed.

EGN 403 Advanced Design Project

Course Description: In-depth design and implementation of a device or system to perform an engineering function, or an engineering research project. May be done individually or in small groups, but the contribution is evaluated on an individual basis.

EGN 481 Statistics for Manufacturing

Course Description: This course covers the application of statistical techniques to engineering manufacturing. Statistical tools are used throughout the entire life cycle of manufacturing, from the process design stage in an effort to reduce variation, to monitoring to assess process stability, through establishing acceptance/rejection criteria for finished parts. Tools such as hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and statistical process control are developed and then applied to common manufacturing problems. The statistical analysis software MiniTab is taught and used extensively.

EGN 498 Advanced Topics in Engineering

Course Description: Topics in engineering at the advanced (junior or senior) level not regularly covered in other courses. The content can be varied to suit current needs. The course may, with advisor permission, be taken more than once. Consult the Department for current offerings and prerequisites.

EGN 517 Introduction to Robotics

Course Description: This course covers the contents of EGN 317 Introduction to Robotics, plus additional content at the graduate level. It may substitute EGN 317 for undergraduate credit, and be applied toward degree requirements of a graduate program.

EGN 598 GraduateTopics in Engineering

Course Description: Topics in engineering at the graduate level not regularly covered in other courses. The content can be varied to suit current needs. The course may, with advisor permission, be taken more than once. Consult the Department for current offerings and prerequisites.

EGN 602 Graduate Design Project

Course Description: Design and implementation of a device or system to perform an engineering function, or an engineering research project at the graduate level. May be done individually or in small groups, but the contribution is evaluated on an individual basis. This course is cross-listed with MBA 698 Practicum and is used to fulfill the practicum requirement of the Masters in Business Administration (MBA).

ELE 323 Electromechanical Energy Conversion

Course Description: Basic concepts of magnetic circuits and transformers. Three-phase system and power transmission. Conversion between electrical and mechanical energy through magnetic fields. Study of direct current motors and generators. Study of alternating current machines: induction motors, synchronous machines, and single-phase motors.

ELE 351 Electromagnetic Fields

Course Description: Static electric and magnetic fields; properties of dielectric and ferromagnetic materials; time varying fields, Faraday’s law, Maxwell’s equations; plane waves in dielectric and conducting media; calculation of the fields and other properties of common transmission lines and other devices.

ELE 527 Energy and Power Systems

Course Description: This course covers the contents of ELE 327 Energy and Power Systems, plus additional content at the graduate level. It may substitute ELE 327 for undergraduate credit, and be applied toward degree requirements of a graduate program.

ELE 544 Analog Integrated Circuits and Design

Course Description: This course covers the contents of ELE 444 Analog Integrated Circuits and Design, plus additional content at the graduate level. It may substitute ELE 444 for undergraduate credit, and be applied toward degree requirements of a graduate program.

ELE 583 Communications Engineering

Course Description: This course covers the contents of ELE 483 Communications Engineering, plus additional content at the graduate level. It may substitute ELE 483 for undergraduate credit, and be applied toward degree requirements of a graduate program.

MEE 230 Thermodynamics I: Laws and Properties

Course Description: Basic concepts and definitions; thermodynamic properties of gases, vapors, and gas-vapor mixtures; energy and energy transformations; the first and second Laws of thermodynamics; first and second law applied to systems and control volumes; thermodynamic properties of systems.

MEE 251 Strength of Materials

Course Description: Normal and shear stress and strain in structural members under axial, torsion, bending and transverse loadings, calculation of combined stresses, transformation of stress and principal values of stress and strain, deflection of beams.

MEE 361 Physical Metallurgy

Course Description: Introduction to the current state of metallurgical technology. It builds on basic principles, particularly crystal structure and phase equilibria, to introduce students to contemporary metallurgical literature. Topics such as defect structures and the effect of heat treatment are introduced in a “just in time” fashion.

MEE 552 Analysis and Design of Composite Structures

Course Description: This course covers the contents of MEE 352 Analysis and Design of Composite Structures, plus additional content at the graduate level. It may substitute MEE 352 for undergraduate credit, and be applied toward degree requirements of a graduate program.

MEE 561 Physical Metallurgy

Course Description: This course covers the contents of MEE 361 Physical Metallurgy, plus additional content at the graduate level. It may substitute MEE 361 for undergraduate credit, and be applied toward degree requirements of a graduate program.

MEE 575 Engineering Acoustics

Course Description: This course covers the contents of MEE 375 Engineering Acoustics, plus additional content at the graduate level. It may substitute MEE 375 for undergraduate credit, and be applied toward degree requirements of a graduate program.